English Explanatory Dictionary

kars

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of kar
name
  1. A province in northeastern Turkey.
  2. A district of Kars Province, Turkey.
  3. A municipality, the capital of Kars district and Kars Province, Turkey, historically Armenian.
  4. A civil parish and community in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
  5. A village in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
noun
  1. plural of KAR

Word forms

kars

Etymology

From Turkish Kars, Ottoman Turkish قارص (Kars), and Armenian Կարս (Kars). As a New Brunswick parish, named for the 1855 Siege of Kars in the Crimean War.

Derived words

Kars Springs
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